By Francesco Guarascio, Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen
HANOI (Reuters) -China's President Xi Jinping called on Monday for stronger ties with Vietnam on trade and supply chains amid disruptions caused by U.S. tariffs, as he attended the signing in Hanoi of dozens of cooperation agreements between the two communist-run nations.
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